Example sentences of "[Wh det] she [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gloria was officially still at school but took most afternoons off to help in the shop , for which she got paid . |
| 2 | ‘ Last month we had a 10th birthday party for her and she invited nine friends , which she seemed to enjoy very much . |
| 3 | ‘ Anyway , the Queen of the Night , always called your mother that , you know , because of her amazing devotion to sleep , which she seemed to prefer to almost any other activity , in particular to that which I believe today 's lovers refer to so elegantly as ‘ boffing ’ or ‘ shafting ’ … . |
| 4 | In the rucksack in which she seemed to keep half her life she burrowed and came up with a biro and writing-pad . |
| 5 | ALYSON WILLIAMS ‘ Alyson Williams ’ second from the fierce US soulwoman , with which she plans to prove that she is ‘ more than just a loud broad in a loud hat ! ’ |
| 6 | In her debut for Harper 's Bazaar she reviews The Lover , which she says reminds her of her own movie , Pretty Baby . |
| 7 | She disliked the photograph of herself in shorts , which she thought made her look fat ; in fact she looked remarkably fit for a fifty-two-year-old . |
| 8 | His dark shadowed face with its high cheekbones , the eyes , almost black , which she thought laughed at her , the hands with their long fingers : ‘ I felt so pale and fluffy , Lily — beside him … ’ |
| 9 | She heard him whisper something against her hair which she thought sounded like ‘ bastard ’ but she must have misheard , because why would he say that ? |
| 10 | In complete contrast , Debbie 's unique brew of distorted guitar noise , which she likes to refer to as ‘ pure filth ’ , comes as the result of crashing everything through as many effects as possible . |
| 11 | For example , his mother finds it almost impossible to prepare Veronica 's tea , which she likes to feed to the child , because John empties cupboards upstairs , turns on taps , climbs on top of the wardrobe , hangs from the banisters and shouts at the top of his voice . |
| 12 | I draw an analogy between her raps and the African and Caribbean folk tales and poetry which she likes to read . |
| 13 | Prunskiene , who had resigned as Prime Minister on Jan. 8 , 1991 [ see p. 37944 ] , consistently denied the accusations ( made in April — see p. 38880 ) , claiming that a document bearing her signature in which she agreed to work for the KGB was a forgery and that the trial was politically motivated . |
| 14 | Particularly unimpressed was Nell McCafferty who thought it a bad choice as an opening movie which she assumed had been selected as a ‘ keynote ’ film for the festival . |
| 15 | The details recalled by Carol during the regression ( and which she continued to remember afterwards ) tallied precisely with those she had given to the police on the night the rape had occurred . |
| 16 | Ursula seemed somewhat calmer once she was home , not least because she was within earshot of the telephone , which she continued to think might ring at any moment , bringing news of Samantha . |
| 17 | But her abiding passions were medieval history and archaeology which she continued to study all her life . |
| 18 | She also took to pastry-making , which she continued to practise at a local confectioner 's when she returned to Epsom in 1854 , though her family thought this to be ‘ ultra modern and not quite nice ’ . |
| 19 | Hi ! ’ she said , smiling a greeting which she hoped concealed her disappointment . |
| 20 | ‘ You really do talk nonsense at times , Jules , ’ she repeated in a tone which she hoped sounded mockingly reproachful . |
| 21 | Instead she glanced at him with a blithe smile which she hoped disguised her true feelings , and carried on inking in colour . |
| 22 | On the other hand , Mrs Thatcher was wont to see in the Delors Charter the kind of creeping state socialism and patronage of the trade unions which she hoped to have dispelled in Britain itself . |
| 23 | Loraine Baines owns a portfolio of shares corresponding to 20 FT-SE 100 futures , which she decides to sell . |
| 24 | Something which she failed to translate , but which could be recognised as distinctly unflattering . |
| 25 | There was a peculiar lowering of her spirits , the cause of which she failed to pin-point . |
| 26 | He had not seen her face , which she kept covered with a scarf , but he thought he could put a name to her . |
| 27 | As a result , she had been able to put away a few shillings every week , and over these past three years the shillings had mounted until now the bag of coins which she kept hidden under the bedroom floorboards had swollen to a tidy sum . |
| 28 | There was a faint glimmer of light from her window ; it was from the night-light which she kept burning . |
| 29 | By the time Elizabeth arrived Lydia was prepared to welcome her , since any additional flavour must add something to the evening , which was like Betty 's meatless stock into which she kept putting more and more dried herbs and burned onion in an effort to make it taste of something . |
| 30 | Although the older sister lived away , she travelled to stay with her sister occasionally and during one visit , after she made her allegations in a family meeting which she had joined , the counsellor asked her to take over the caring role for the final week of her stay so that her sister could actually see how it should be done . |